Non-motoring > Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of?	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: WillDeBeest	Replies: 87

New Mon 24 Dec 12 17:01   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - WillDeBeest

You've spent the last fortnight stocking up as if for a two-month siege, not a two-day holiday. The presents are in, the fridge is groaning, the turkey's doing its best to keep cool in the garage, it's Christmas Eve, the shops are closing and... ...Something's missing. Here it's lightbulbs. G9 halogen bulbs, to be exact; our sitting room has ten of them in two - I now know to call them - lumieres. They're supposed to last 'up to' two years. Do they jiggery! The lights have barely been up that long and I must have replaced every bulb twice. Anyway, two more had gone yesterday morning, so I strolled into Robert Dyas, who would cheerfully have sold me a 'low energy' type for £6.49. For ten? For one! For the sake of being exploited a little more slowly, I bought a two-pack of 35W Osrams and resolved to make do until I could shop online for some more. Got home today to find that one end was down to 1/5, so time to put the new bulbs in. Opened the packet and found they were more than usually fiddly to fit. Looked again: ar$€! These aren't G9s at all, they're GY6; same size, same rating but straight prongs instead of springy terminals. No good to me, and presumably no good to Dyas either now they're open. A hunt in the dim recesses of the garage turned up a couple of 15W cheapies, but it's going to be a gloomy occasion here on the Beest estate. So what's missing from your festive inventory? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 17:10   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Armel Coussine

Vodka if you can believe it. I will have to resort to cooking rum or even cooking brandy to keep myself on the straight and narrow. OO-er! Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 17:12   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Runfer D'Hills

HP sauce of all things. Can't have turkey sandwiches without HP sauce now can you? Corner shop is still open... Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 17:15   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Zero

Dog food. The the dog will be eating nothing till after tomorrows lunch, and it will be sprouts and turkey skin. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 17:24   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - R.P.

My niece has dropped lucky - meant to be working nights as an "F1" at a busy hospital Christmas 200 miles from home. Her Muslim colleague has swapped with her - so I guess she hasn't run out of goodwill.. Run out of nothing here. Last edited by: R.P. on Mon 24 Dec 12 at 17:25 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 22:49   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - henry k

>> My niece has dropped lucky - meant to be working nights as an "F1" at >> a busy hospital Christmas 200 miles from home >> We had a soberish dinner together this evening. Dads taxi to a pub for son to join old school mates. Daughter went off ready to do an eight to eight shift at the hospital tomorrow, At the end of her shift a possible half hour hand over or a we hope not a crash call to perform a Caesarean. She hopes to get here from Oxford sometime after 10 so we are really holding fire and having our Christmas day on Boxing day. I ran out of switches for a bedside light. As happened on another light, the bulb popped and goosed the electronics. It no longer is a touch on/off plus three brightnesses. Fortunately a switch was on sale at the local DIY shop just a few hundred yards away. So been doing a bit of unplanned electricky today. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 17:29   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Slidingpillar

>> Dog food. The the dog will be eating nothing till after tomorrows lunch >> and it will be sprouts and turkey skin. Eek, hold your noses - clothespegs at the ready :o) Last edited by: Slidingpillar on Mon 24 Dec 12 at 17:31 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 17:34   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Runfer D'Hills

Great Christmas sport that if visiting relatives who have a dog. Just keep slipping the pooch spare sprouts, stuffing, pickled onions etc all day and then thank them for their hospitality and leave... :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 18:02   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - CGNorwich

I'm completely out of good will to all men. Coming perilously close to running out of good will to all women too. :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 18:22   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Runfer D'Hills

Heh heh ! I still haven't painted the bog. Critical mass being reached I fear... :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 18:27   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - R.P.

Same here Humph - the utility room beckons... Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 18:29   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - sherlock47

Patience? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 18:32   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Runfer D'Hills

It's ok, I've still got my gert big shed with a balcony and everything. Took the precaution of installing a calor gas heater...Dog loves it in there. He has a kennel built in with his own entrance and internal door. We'll be fine. :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 18:46   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Robin O'Reliant

I've offered (been ordered) to paint the skirting board in the lounge prior to the fitting of a new carpet in January. I've bought the brushes anyway. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 18:51   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Runfer D'Hills

The carpet fitter will only scratch them. Best leave it until next Christmas until it beds in. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 18:54   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Robin O'Reliant

Good thinking that man. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 19:46   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - VxFan

>> so what have you run out of? Energy. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 19:59   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Robin O'Reliant

My calendar is running out. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 20:09   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Zero

Mine ran out on the 22nd. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 20:20   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - zookeeper

i never run out of bread... 1.5 kg of white/and wholemeal flour plus a 6 pack of yeast... im rolling in dough... Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 23:31   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - bathtub tom

>>I still haven't painted the bog. Critical mass being reached I fear... D'yer want it pebble-dashed, I'm sure it can be arranged? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 20:36   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Dog

Just Canon inkjet colour cartridges & glossy photo paper here. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 21:35   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Avant

Murphy's law dictates that you find out what you've run out of only on Christmas Day, when the shops are firmly shut. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 21:54   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Ted

Amaretti biscuits......SWM thought she'd saved half a doz for her trifle. She was so convinced she had but I couldn't help her as to where they were. I could ...they'd been in my tum for some days but if I'd fessed up there would have been bovver ! ' I'll nip to the deli, they always have them ' says I. Queue out of the door and up the road. Not waiting there, I went to Morrisons...man on the biscuit aisle never heard of them. Place heaving with swamp-donkeys. Another, newish, poncy deli not far away...' Yes sir, we have them. Oh, sorry, they're Cantucci ' . Slunk home but she was OK about it and said she'd use something else. They were rather nice, though...with a hot cup of fresh coffee. Ted Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 22:20   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Manatee

>>Amaretti biscuits Morrisons might be too upmarket Ted...I got a couple of tins from Aldi not long since. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 22:10   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Manatee

Hmm. I've slightly cocked up today, by forgetting to go to Waitrose to bargain hunt for tomorrow's main course meat item. My habit was to do this on the way home from work on Christmas Eve, but of course I don't work that way any more, and I just forgot to go. It was a great system that I copied from a friend who invented the game. Over the years I've had bargain joints of beef and lamb, and super duper organic free range bronze feathered ocean going turkeys at half price. The fun is in the risk that we will end up on corned beef, but it's never happened and the savings are a bonus. Only once before have I messed up slightly when I got home with a turkey that turned out to have no legs (it's called a Turkey crown apparently, but I didn't know that). Luckily there will only be three of us tomorrow, and we have a modest bit bit of pork leg, previously earmarked for Boxing Day, that will suffice. But I am not covered in glory. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 22:36   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - henry k

>>Only once before have I messed up slightly when I got home with a turkey that turned out to have no legs (it's called a Turkey crown apparently, but I didn't know that). >> Each to their own. We converted to buying a turkey crown several years ago. A lot lot less faffing about cooking / carving it and a big plus is that it avoids turkey in January. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 22:46   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Manatee

>> Each to their own. We converted to buying a turkey crown several years ago. >> A lot lot less faffing about cooking / carving it and a big plus is >> that it avoids turkey in January. Yes, I did say slightly, it turned out OK that time, once I'd worked out it wasn't defective ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 22:51   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - henry k

>>Yes, I did say slightly, it turned out OK that time, once I'd worked out it wasn't defective ;-) LOL. Glad your enjoyed it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 22:39   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - legacylad

Macadamia nuts. Bought some from t'Asda last week to fry with the sprouts. They seem to have disappeared. Anyway, after several pints in my local tomorrow lunch it probably wont matter in the grand scheme of things. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 22:58   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - henry k

>> Macadamia nuts..... to fry with the sprouts. >> Must be an Aussie idea... FRY ...WITH ..sprouts. I love sprouts but KISS is the rule. Just Boiling water and just til crisp. Wanders away mumbling. Sprout news news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9780000/9780430.stm www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-20805966 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 22:59   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Zero

>> >> Macadamia nuts..... to fry with the sprouts. >> >> >> Must be an Aussie idea... FRY ...WITH ..sprouts. >> I love sprouts but KISS is the rule. Just Boiling water and just til >> crisp. >> Wanders away mumbling. Sprinkle desiccated coconut on them. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 23:04   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Ian (Cape Town)

>> >> Sprinkle desiccated coconut on them. >> before or after you throw them in the bin? I bought some last year, after junior v 2.0 had pestered me to do so - he'd seen them in some tv show or other. I duly purchased and cooked them, and his reaction was 'bleeeeugh'. Mine was 'I told you so'. Last edited by: Ian (Cape Town) on Mon 24 Dec 12 at 23:05 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 23:09   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Kevin

>before or after you throw them in the bin? Zero's are going in the dog I believe. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 23:24   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - legacylad

Par boil the sprouts, the fry gently in butter with nuts (macadamia or chestnut). Tried this method with Californian friends at Thanksgiving ...after sampling 3 different tequilas and copious amounts of margerita and Sierra Nevada beer. Tasted ok to me. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 00:26   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - WillDeBeest

Sprouts are like parsnips in that they need cold weather to develop their sweetness, so I can imagine they might not work under Ian's African sun. But a version of LL's method, frying them with bacon cubes and nuts (flaked almonds for me) gives a gorgeous sweet-savoury-salty combination. Mmm! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 10:51   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Roger.

>> >> Macadamia nuts..... to fry with the sprouts. >> >> >> Must be an Aussie idea... FRY ...WITH ..sprouts. >> I love sprouts but KISS is the rule. Just Boiling water and just til >> crisp. >> Wanders away mumbling. >> >> Sprout news >> news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9780000/9780430.stm >> www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-20805966 >> ALDI sprouts: 39p for 500 gm, Sainsbury & Tesco: £1 for 500 gm . WHY? Last edited by: Roger on Tue 25 Dec 12 at 10:52 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 11:26   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Zero

cos the aldi ones are mouldy, and shoppers in Aldi smell of wee. Last edited by: Zero on Tue 25 Dec 12 at 11:26 Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Tue 25 Dec 12 17:29   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Roger.

(a) No, they are not. (b) No, we don't. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 17:37   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Zero

c: and they have no sense of smell Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 21:58   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Bromptonaut

Or you could get them au naturel at the Farm Shop: tinyurl.com/bw8u42c Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 Dec 12 23:59   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Ian (Cape Town)

>> >> So what's missing from your festive inventory? >> those little To: FROM: tags which attach to presents. Or so SWMBO has just informed me... sod it - magic marker time! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 00:34   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - henry k

>> those little To: FROM: tags which attach to presents. Or so SWMBO has just informed me... >> sod it - magic marker time! >> Santa IS working overtime. Hurry up are you might have company :-) Merry Christmas !. Me - I have just returned from Taxi role. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 00:38   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - VxFan

>> those little To: FROM: tags which attach to presents. Cutting up Christmas cards with pinking shears make a suitable alternative. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 00:47   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - henry k

>> >> those little To: FROM: tags which attach to presents. >> >> Cutting up Christmas cards with pinking shears make a suitable alternative. >> With your Blue Peter badge on ? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 04:02   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Pat

Nothing missing here....it's Christmas morning and all is right with the world:) Santa has been already and all I have to do now is make another coffee and stay quiet so the rest of the world doesn't wake up just yet! Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 09:48   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Zero

Damn, no bacon to lay over the Turkey Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 09:54   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Ambo

AA batteries, of course. How awkward if her Christmas stocking had contained a, er, toy. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 10:06   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Runfer D'Hills

Our "Spar" shop is open. Bet they have bacon. Bit far from Surrey though I suppose. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 10:09   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Zero

the co-op is open, but its racking down with rain here. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 11:36   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Ian (Cape Town)

>> Damn, no bacon to lay over the Turkey >> I ended up spending premium price for streaky yesterday at the local Spar - had some other bacon in the freezer, but streaky is a requirement for Turkey and wrapping chipolatas. There was no way I was going to queue for parking and tillpoint to buy at the local supermarket. Oh, just finished luncheon, and am relaxing with a beer. is it worth it in these conditions: Yes 25°C Direction: 180° Speed: 24.14 km/h Humidity: 54% Visibility: 9.99km Pressure: 1015.92 mb Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 11:42   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Zero

>> is it worth it in these conditions: Yes >> 25°C No. I had christmas dinner in Australia once. Its just plain wrong on a warm sunny day. Nice to paddle in sea and run dogs on the beach on Christmas morning tho. Keeping a weather eye out for the sharks of course. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 11:47   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Robin O'Reliant

>> >> No. I had christmas dinner in Australia once. Its just plain wrong on a warm >> sunny day. >> Just heard from my cousin in Sidney, torrential rain there ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 11:44   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Runfer D'Hills

What's the time difference between where you are and the UK Ian? Not much I want to think? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 11:50   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Ian (Cape Town)

GMT-2. so we're just before 2pm here Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 11:52   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Runfer D'Hills

Soon be time for Billy Smarts Circus then? At least that's what was on last time I was allowed to watch telly on Christmas Day ! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 12:08   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Crankcase

Run out of relatives. Rang at 930 to cancel, so now we have to cook this great dinner for just the two of us, or chuck it. Sigh. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 12:17   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Manatee

Where are you :-) The boss has flu, Boy and I are on the hook to cook the dinner for the three of us (Girl is in Jockland). She's feeling a bit better than she was overnight, so might be well enough to supervise. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 12:43   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Crankcase

Can't talk now. Just getting the sausages out of the toaster and I think the salad's boiling over. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 12:14   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - No FM2R

its only 9:00am here so the weather is only just getting going....... 20°C (Forecast 29°C) Wind 13mph Southerly Humidity 59% Visibility 6.2mi Pressure 30.06 in and I am looking at a bottle of London Pride (one of only 3 I have) wondering just how early is still decent..... Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 12:21   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Harleyman

>> and I am looking at a bottle of London Pride (one of only 3 I >> have) wondering just how early is still decent..... >> Surprising how far the Fullers brand has spread. I found LP on draught (albeit only a keg version) in Ottawa; obviously not a patch on the cask we get here but a vast improvement on some of the local watery stuff. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 12:24   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Zero

11:00am is the earliest you can drink beer. Champagne or Prosecco only before then. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 12:37   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Armel Coussine

... but you can boost your coffee with brandy or aquavit from 6 a.m. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 13:16   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - No FM2R

>>11:00am is the earliest you can drink beer Turns out you were wrong; the earliest is actually 10:16am. Last edited by: No FM2R on Tue 25 Dec 12 at 13:16 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 14:26   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Zero

Sorry, forgot to add 11:00am for those of us with class and taste.. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 15:52   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - No FM2R

Wish you'd said that in the first place so that I knew I didn't have to worry. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 16:36   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Ian (Cape Town)

>> Turns out you were wrong; the earliest is actually 10:16am. >> Tmorrow is a holiday as well, so... Challenge accepted! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 18:22   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - No FM2R

How late does a beer have to be before it becomes an early one? This is South America, nobody is going to see bed much before 8:00am, at least, not in this house. Last edited by: No FM2R on Tue 25 Dec 12 at 18:22 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 18:51   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Zero

Depends on the session start time. For example, a session that started at 20:00 is still the same session at 02:00 the next day (therefore its still yesterdays session) Unconsciousness (or sleep) indicates the end of the session. Anyway, you shouldn't be on the beer at 02:00 anyway, thats liqueurs by the wine glass time. Last edited by: Zero on Tue 25 Dec 12 at 18:51 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 18:58   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Armel Coussine

>> liqueurs by the wine glass time. 'Giss a pint of that creme de menthe then.' (Billy Connolly, ages ago) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 19:21   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Kevin

It sounds awful but try equal measures of Pernod and Creme de Menthe poured over ice in a highball glass topped up with lemonade. Very refreshing on the hot summer days we've had over the last few years. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 19:32   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Armel Coussine

Pernod is quite lethal enough on its own. Its pervasive flavour and scent make it for me an unsuitable mixer. But brandy and creme de menthe - white is supposed to be used, not green - called a stinger, is one of those very bracing and drunk making American concoctions. You don't want many though. Get you straight in the stomach. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 19:42   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Kevin

>Get you straight in the stomach. I imagine that brandy with a touch of peppermint liqueur would be quite settling for a dodgy tum. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 20:06   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Armel Coussine

>> brandy with a touch of peppermint liqueur would be quite settling for a dodgy tum. One perhaps. But if I drink several of those I will get hideous acid indigestion and have to counteract it with bicarb. Bourbon whiskey has the same effect on me. No wonder poor Janis Joplin died young. It's all the sugar I think. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 22:05   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Kevin

>Bourbon whiskey has the same effect on me. Wild Turkey is the viagra of bourbons. Really, try it! >No wonder poor Janis Joplin died young. It's all the sugar I think. /* Bragging Alert.....*/ Someone we became friends with in Austin was part of the beat generation. He'd shared an apartment with Kerouac in San Francisco and knew Janis quite well from her time in Austin and SF. Sugar was the least of her problems. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 22:51   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Armel Coussine

>> Sugar was the least of her problems. Southern Comfort, very sickly stuff. And that was one of her problems. Of course in reality a kamikaze is a kamikaze. There are people who can be homosexual and intravenous drug users and be pretty spry into their eighties. I have met such. Others seem to keel over after a few shots and toots of this and that. But they must know or feel that they are doing themselves harm. Some people don't want to destroy themselves, but others seem to. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 19:28   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - No FM2R

Fair enough. So, I had my first beer today at 10:16am. In truth I shall probably not drink much beer after midnight. However, the session is likely to complete around 8:00am tomorrow, by which time it'll be vodka or whisky. So is that early drinking or late drinking? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 19:33   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Robin O'Reliant

>> >> So is that early drinking or late drinking? >> Time is suspended during Christmas. If you're still standing you can drink, you only need to stop after you pass out so the dilemma solves itself. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 19:35   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Kevin

>I had my first beer today at 10:16am... >So is that early drinking or late drinking? Does it really matter in the great scheme of things? Beer isn't just for breakfast any more. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 19:36   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - No FM2R

>>Beer isn't just for breakfast any more. I know. How standards have slipped. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 23:47   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - WillDeBeest

Beer isn't just for breakfast any more. I first saw that on the chests of the bar staff at Maggie Mae's in Sixth Street, Austin in 1991. Been there too, Kevin? I still have my T-shirt from the Velveeta Room comedy club a few doors along. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 26 Dec 12 17:56   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Kevin

>Sixth Street, Austin in 1991. Been there too, Kevin? Oh yes WDB, and probably every other beer joint in downtown Austin. We lived there for about 4 years so we got to know quite a few. My personal fave was the Continental Club on South Congress. Seems that Robert Plant was onstage last week. www.austinchronicle.com/ Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 19:41   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Zero

>> Fair enough. >> >> So, I had my first beer today at 10:16am. In truth I shall probably not >> drink much beer after midnight. However, the session is likely to complete around 8:00am tomorrow, >> by which time it'll be vodka or whisky. >> >> So is that early drinking or late drinking? time has no meaning in a 22 hour session Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 20:50   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - No FM2R

To be honest, neither does gravity. Or which way is up. Or conversation. Which is peculiar, because I sound witty and urbane to me. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 12:38   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Jim M

Hydraulic seals :( 13 deg 44' S 122 deg 07'E Rain today 30 deg Family in Perth 35 deg enjoying BBQ and pool Nearly finished my 28 days Jim......still enjoying this site. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 14:05   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - R.P.

7° RealFeel® 2° NESW Humidity: 87% Pressure: 991.90 mb ↑ UV Index: 0 Cloud Cover: 75% Ceiling: 671 m Dew Point: 6° C Visibility: 16 km This is what the weatherman says - certainly felt warmer than that running the dogs in the forestry...still. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 19:51   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - Runfer D'Hills

My wife bought the dog ( yeah I know ) some plastc and rope toys for Christmas. Of course they're destroyed already. Anyway, I drove past a hand written sign on a farm gate earlier saying "Hamsters for sale, £4 each" Thought I might get him a couple tomorrow... :-) JOKING !!!!!!!! BAD JOKE, I KNOW!!!! DON'T WORRY, I WON'T!!!!! Last edited by: Humph D'Bout on Tue 25 Dec 12 at 19:53 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 Dec 12 20:03   Christmas Eve: so what have you run out of? - -

Our hounds favourite toy is my socks, its a sockaholic and nicks 'em constantly, when i come home and remove me boots any holed socks simply get knotted into the existing multi limbed sock octopus, best dog toy ever it'll spend ages trying to undo the entanglements. By the way, run out of coffee of all things, could have sworn we had half a dozen jars of Dowie Egberts however you spell it, can't find 'em for love or money. Last edited by: gordonbennet on Tue 25 Dec 12 at 20:05 Reply to this message | Report message